The Mississippi Insurance Department said insurance agents have received more than 40,000 homeowner and automobile damage claims since the March 18 storm, which created baseball-sized hail in some areas.

"The department is very pleased with the way the companies are responding to consumers and processing claims," said commissioner of insurance Mike Chaney. "We have had very few complaints about the claims process."

Insurance adjusters have set up shop at the fairgrounds and at other locations around the metro Jackson area. Adjusters are inspecting vehicles by appointment and said they are seeing shattered and cracked windows and some substantial body damage from hailstones.